Archaeologists have found a 2,000-year-old mummy with a gold tongue at an ancient Egyptian site called Taposiris Magna.Most of the articles on this story, like this one, refer to a single gold-tongued mummy. But a couple published in the last day (by the BBC and the Telegraph) mention multiple mummies. Perhaps they have more recent information. I don't know.Embalmers perhaps placed the golden tongue on the mummy to ensure that the deceased would be able to speak in the afterlife, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said in a statement released Jan 29.
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The site of Taposiris Magna was in the news last summer, with reports that it was being excavated as the possible site of Cleopatra's tomb. The current articles mention a hoard of Cleopatra coins found at the site, but nothing about looking for her there. Perhaps the excavators have decided she wasn't buried there after all. Again, I don't know.
Cleopatra VII, the famous Cleopatra, has been in the news lately. She has been of interest to PaleoJudaica for a long time. For posts on her, start here and follow the links.
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